Saw-table gage.



. I 'PATEN'TED JULY 2, 1907. E. L. SPENCER & c. D. WILDRIGK.

SAW TABLE GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED T12R26. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Eric.

EARL L. SPENCER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AND CHARLES D. WlLDRIGK, OF

. FRIENDSHIP, NEW YORK.

SAW-TABLE GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that we, EARL L. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, and CHARLES D.W1LDRIoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Friendship, in thecounty of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Saw-Table Gages, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to saw table gages, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide an adjustable gage with a pivoted dogwhich serves as a stop for one end of a board to be sawed, and which maybe reversed to form a support for the tenoned ends of a sash stile formortising the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a series of adjustablegages to be connected adjustably to a rule, and to be provided with apivoted dog which may be swung out from any one of the gages to form astop for the end of a board, while the other gages serve as abutmentsfor the edge of the board.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figtue 1 is a side elevation of a pair of gages secured to a graduatedrule and resting upon a work table with one end of a board engaging oneof the pivoted dogs to stop the board at the required point. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of one of the gages with the pivoted dog in one of itsadjusted positions. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the gage with thepivoted dog adj usted to another position. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe upper edge of the gage. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on thelines 5-5, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows insaid figure.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portion ofthe gage provided at one end with a squared opening 2 for a square rule3 provided with the usual graduating marks and provided with a set screw3 for holding the gages at adjusted points upon said rule. The bodyportion 1 of the gage is provided with a slot 4 which provides twospaced side members 5 between which a pivoted dog or stop 6 is disposed,said dog having a plain surface 7 and a projecting toe 8 from theopposite edge, said toe having an inclined upper surface 9. The dog orstop is provided with a curved lower surface 10 and is pivoted betweenthe members 5 on a removable pin or screw 11. The side members 5 haveprojecting feet 12 which terminate substantially in line with the curvededge 10 of the stop or dog.

The operation of our invention may be briefly dej scribed as follows:The square rule 3 is supported at its opposite ends by brackets securedto the table a, and secured upon the rule 3 is a series of gages made inaccordance with our invention, said gages being held upon the rule atthe required points, say 6 inches,

a foot, two feet, and five feet apart, the rule and gages being securedupon the table a in front of a circular saw or other wood workingdevice. The board to be sawed off is pressed up against the edges 7 ofthe dogs until they are swung upon their pivots to lie flush with theouter surface ofthe gages, the end of the board I) abutting against thestop or dog 6 to determine the length of the board to be sawed off. Itwill thus be seen that with the gages being arranged at suitableintervals upon the rule, any length board may be quickly sawed off byabutting the end of the board against one or the other of the dogs 6 andpushing the intermediate dogs backward by the edge of the board.Whenever it is required to use the gages on a foot mortising machine formortising sash stiles, the dog 6 is reversed as shown in Fig. 3, thetoes S then serving as a support for the tenoned ends of the sash andthe shoulders at the ends of the tenons abutting against the sides ofthe dogs or stops 8.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a gage and stop made inaccordance with our invention will be found very convenient in placeswhere boards are to be sawed off at different lengths or where mortisingor other work, such as boring, is carried on.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A gage and stop for wood working machines comprising a body portionhaving an aperture therein for a graduated rule, and means for securingsaid gage at adjusted points on said rule, and a reversible pivoted dogand stop having a plain side and a toe projecting from the opposite sideor edge, substantially as described.

2. A gage comprising a body portion provided with a slot, a dog or stoppivoted in said slot and provided with :1 plain surface upon one edgeand a projecting toe upon the opposite edge.

3. A gage comprising a series of gage members adjustably secured to arule, a pivoted dog connected to each gage member, said dog having acurved undersurface, a plain front edge, and a toe projecting from thebottom of the opposite edge, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

EARL L. SPENCER. CHARLES D. WILDRICK.

Witnesses as to signature of Earl L. Spencer:

H. V. WHITE, GEORGE D. DEAN. Witnesses as to signature of Charles D.Wildrick:

W. C. Kmesnuny, E. A. KING.

